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Almost exactly thirty years ago my parents enjoyed a week on the island of Mallorca. They both remember it fondly, especially because it snowed! The other night, Mum pulled up the ancient slide projector screen and we snuggled down for a slide show of their holiday snaps. I expect the coastline is somewhat more developed, but I hope the steep terraces, wildly plummeting gorges and dark trunked almonds are just the same. They've warned me off hire cars ...

... his white dinner jacket, black trousers, black shirt and white bow tie. Our team performed admirably in the syndicate quiz finishing 1st equal on 17 points. However we lost out on the tie-break. The question was "How long was the Hundred Years' War"? There were 3 teams in the tiebreak. We thought 113 years and the other 2 teams went for 65 and 114 years. The correct answer was 116 so we were close but not close ...

... here to run away from the bull. Oh, is that not the name of the game? Fight the bull, to see who can get out first? Well, silly tourist. They have a pearl store across the way (I guess this island is big on pearls?) I take a walk through but it is your typical sell to tourist (and gaudy) stuff.

We get back on the bus and end our tour down in the city center by the Gothic cathedral. We really don't have enough time to go in the ...

... time! After some deliberation we decided from day one to choose a drinks package from one of the three on offer. On Norwegian we had bought a wine package but any bar drinks and coffees we bought separately. They did offer Happy hours which do not exist on MSC. The package we chose is €23 a day each and includes wine by the glass from a selection of 2 whites, 2 reds a rose and two sparklings. In addition most of the cocktails and spirits are included as well ...

... told, there's not a lot here and although the village was definitely very pretty, I think I missed what the fuss is about! With all of these places though, half of the lure must be the drive to get there, going across the mountains with amazing views of the countryside and the coast alike. After these few hours of driving, we thought we deserved a little downtime and headed down to Cala de Deia (the beach). This was a lovely small secluded beach ...